gissel

From Danish gidsel, from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡis.sel/, [ˈɡɪs.səl], [ˈɡɪs.sl̩]

gissel m or n (definite singular gisselen or gisselet or gislet, indefinite plural gisler or gissel, definite plural gislene or gisla)

1. a hostage

• gisseldrama
• gisseltaker

“gissel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Danish gidsel, from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡis.sel/, [ˈɡɪs.səl], [ˈɡɪs.sl̩]

gissel m (definite singular gisselen, indefinite plural gislar, definite plural gislane)

1. a hostage

• gisseldrama
• gisseltakar

“gissel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish gisl and the older gesl, having feminine gender. Used in the 1541 Bible translation with the plural gisslar. Corresponding to Old Norse geisli, related to Old Norse geirr (“spear”), Old English ger (“spear”) and English gear. Cognates include Icelandic geisli, German Geißel, Dutch gesel.

gissel n

1. a scourge, a whip, a rod
2. a pain
3. a torturer, an adversary, a critic

• plåga
• piska
• spö
• stav

• gissla

• gissel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)